Part 1: A Process for Academic Composing What Is Composing? What Is Rhetoric? Academic Writing Understanding an Assignment Part 2: Finding Ideas A Research Process Finding a Topic Questions to Guide Research Choosing Sources Finding Sources Starting a Paper Part 3: Evaluating and Tracking Sources Ethically Evaluating Sources for Relevance Evaluating Sources for Credibility Keeping Track of Sources Part 4: Engaging with and Analyzing Sources Engaging with Sources What Is Analysis? Analyzing to Understand Analyzing to Ask Questions Using Analysis to Develop a Thesis Statement Using a Thesis Statement to Organize a Paper Reasoning Part 5: Drafting a Paper, Connecting with Audiences Using Analysis to Develop a Thesis Statement Shaping Paragraphs for Audience and Purpose Understanding Your Audience Developing a Statement of Purpose Writing a Draft A Rough Draft Once You've Finished a Draft Receiving Feedback to a Draft Responding to the Writing of Your Peers Part 6: Revising with Style Revising Your Writing Styling Paragraphs Styling Sentences Styling Words Part 7: Documenting MLA Documentation APA Documentation CSE Documentation CMS Documentation Part 8: Editing and Proofreading Your Work Editing and Proofreading Making Subject-Verb Agreement Using Verb Tenses Consistently Using Verbs Tenses in Academic Writing Avoiding Shifts in Style and Voice Avoiding Sentence Fragments Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Working with Pronoun Reference and Agreement Avoiding Disruptive and Dangling Modifiers Using Apostrophes with Possessive Forms (But not with Plural Forms) Using Articles Conventionally Using Commas with Introductory Phrases Part 9: Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics Grammar Parts of Speech Sentences Punctuation Mechanics Revision Symbols Revision Checklist.